WOMEN'S TOP 25 BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

No. 5 KSU handles Georgia Tech 83-59

MANHATTAN, Kan.  Georgia Tech stopped the player it wanted to Sunday. It just happened to be the wrong player.

The Yellow Jackets held Laurie Koehn, last season's best 3-point shooter in the nation, to two 3-point goals, but it forgot about Kansas State's other guard.

Megan Mahoney hit 4-of-5 3-pointers for 16 points and had 13 assists to lead No. 5 Kansas State 83-59 Sunday in the second round of the preseason WNIT.

"I'm very pleased with her balance and she really shot the ball extremely well today," coach Deb Patterson said.

No. 14 Penn St. 90, Siena 61

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.  Kelly Mazzante scored 20 of her 33 points in the second half to lead Penn State to a victory over Siena in the second round of the preseason WNIT.

Mazzante, who led the nation in scoring last season, had the 15th 30-point game of her career.

The Lady Lions (2-0) will host No. 24 Mississippi State in the semifinals Wednesday. Mississippi State beat Tulsa 92-66.

Southern Cal 59, No. 19 Colorado St. 58

DENVER  Rachel Woodward hit a 3-pointer with eight seconds left and had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead Southern California past Colorado State in the second round of the preseason WNIT.

USC (2-0) trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half, but Woodward rallied the team by scoring 14 after halftime.

on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor.

Jessica Cheeks added 11 points for USC, which shot 58 percent in the final 20 minutes.

Still, Colorado State (1-1) went ahead 58-56 Ashley Augspurger, who had 15 points, set up Shannon Strecker's layup with 25 seconds to go. After a timeout, Cheeks found Woodward unguarded in the right corner for a 3-pointer.

The Rams never got a shot away as Jesai Ferrucho dribbled to the baseline and threw the ball away.

Southern California shot only 24 percent in the first half and trailed 31-21 at the break. USC managed only layups by Jessica Cheeks and Meghan Gnekow and was 2-for-11 shooting in the Rams' 15-4 run that put them ahead 25-10 midway through the first half.

At the start of the second half, Woodward scored eight points to key a 15-5 spurt that tied it at 36.